as in vague
not seen or understood clearly
a blurry image in the foreground of the photograph
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Recent Examples of blurry
Released by Department of Justice The new documents also show that New York City's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner reviewed the jail surveillance footage six days after Epstein's death as part of its investigation and concluded the video was too blurry to identify any individuals.
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Daniel Ruetenik, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
The problem is that the line between necessary diagnostics and commercial tracking is often blurry.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Feb. 2026
In the feminine symbolism of the flower and the Hello Kitty doll—and the myriad bracelets, hearts, and other items affixed to each canvas—Echard constructs her figure’s gender as a tangled, blurry, and tactile exchange between the body and its surroundings.
—Theo Belci, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
In much of government, the line between neutral analysis and policy advocacy is blurry to the point of meaninglessness.
—James Broughel, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
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Daniel Ruetenik, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
The problem is that the line between necessary diagnostics and commercial tracking is often blurry.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Feb. 2026
In the feminine symbolism of the flower and the Hello Kitty doll—and the myriad bracelets, hearts, and other items affixed to each canvas—Echard constructs her figure’s gender as a tangled, blurry, and tactile exchange between the body and its surroundings.
—Theo Belci, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
In much of government, the line between neutral analysis and policy advocacy is blurry to the point of meaninglessness.
—James Broughel, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blurry
Adjective
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Young Rod went off to France by himself, and on a visit to Chartres, standing in the nave of the cathedral, he was overcome by a vague but powerful sense that God was real.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
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Some scholars suspect that his race was deliberately kept vague and note that, at the time, even those from other European countries like Italy or Spain would have been discriminated against by Brits.—
Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Hearing the faint sirens of the white police officers who have been monitoring the area for no real reason, Kid attempts to blend into the party by grabbing the mic of the bored DJ—played by Parliament-Funkadelic’s George Clinton—to freestyle.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
13 Feb. 2026
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But Charli ends the album with a sense of faint dawn creeping in against the gloom.—
Jon Dolan,
Rolling Stone,
13 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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But Moltbook illustrates how hazy that vision really is.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
4 Feb. 2026
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The couple meets again a purposefully fuzzy period of time later, disagreeing on the hazy details.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Blurry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blurry. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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